Hose-supporter.



H. W. RICHARDSON.

HOSE SUPPORTER.

APPLIOATIOH FILED APILQ, 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oF Ion HENRY W. RICHARDSON, OEWIN CHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO AUSTIN-WALKER COMPANY, OF BQSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

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Specification of. Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909'.

Application filed April 9; 1908. Serial No. 426,000.

To all whom it may concern; I

Be it known that I, HENRY W. RICHARD- soN, of Winchester,'in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Hose- Supporter; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had-to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in devices desi ed to be supported byor attached to articles of clothing, and gdapted to be engaged with and. sustain ose.

, The object of the invention is to improve the construction of slidably mounted hose supporters.

The invention consists in the peculiar features of construction and combination of parts which will hereinafter be more fully ,the supporter is furnishedwith the cross member 5 of webbing of any desired length which' is' preferably adapted=to be sewn to the lower edge of the corset. To the member'5are secured the wire loops 6-6 by means of the bands 7-7 or in any other suitable and well known manner. slidably engaged in said loops 6-6 and in the loops 88 of the web members 9--9 having hose engaging clasps or clamps 10-10 is the web member 11 having, when in the position shown, the vertical reaches 12-12 and the cross reaches 13 and 14 of which the reach 13 extends from the upper portion of one of the reaches 12 forward through one of the loops 6 and then diagonally downward to, and forwardly through one of the 100 s 8, thence upwardly to form the other 0 the vertical reaches 12, and forward through the other of said loops 6 and finally diagonally downward to the point at which it is engaged with the buckle 15 of the other end of said member 11 which end extends diagonally upward from the other of said loopsS.

Reference to the drawing will indicate that the member 11 is so slidably mounted in said loops 6 6 and 8 -8 that it readily accommodates itself,.to any irregular strain exerted on the member 99 by sliding through the guide loops 66 and 88 and that strain exerted'on either of said members 99 will effect the drawing downward of the corresponding reach 12 and the diagonal reach 13 or l t extending therefrom and the equivalent drawing upward of the other of said reaches, so that at all'times the support is balanced and is yieldable to any strain. By the adjustment of the end of the reach lpassing through the buckle 15 all of said reaches are correspondingly and simultaneously adjustedas to length. I

Having'thus described my invention, I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A hose supporter comprising a cross hose engaglng members having loops, and

members each'having a hose enga ng device and a guide loop, a cross ban having apair of such guide loops, and a single flexible member slidably mounted in all of said loops and having vertical reaches and diagonal reaches, one end of said member having a buckle adapted to adjustably engage the other end thereof, for the purpose described.

3. A hose supporter comprising a cross band having guide loops thereon, a pairtof hose engaging members having guide loops and a single flexible member slidably mounted in all of said loops and having vertical reaches and diagonal reaches of which one of the diagonal reaches is formed by the end portions of said flexible member extending forward through a pair of said guide loops, and a means for adjustably securing said ends together whereby the adjusting means is located on the front reach of said member, as described.

HENRY RICHARDSON.

Witnesses:

J AS. D. Gonnon, .-Hnxnr J. MILLER.

a single flexible member threaded through i all of said loops and crossed diagonally. V 2. 'A hose supporter comprising a pair of 

